Page 195 of My Unexpected Mate

I continued looking at her face and waiting.

A few moments later, a warm feeling spread through me. I recognized it as love.

She loved me.

A huge smile spread across my face.

She opened her eyes and looked at me. “Did it work?”

“You love me,” I said happily.

“I do,” she smiled.

I pulled her to me and hugged her tight. Goddess, I couldn’t be happier right now.

“Did I do it?” she asked, still wrapped in my arms. “Are you the only one who felt it?”

“I don’t know,” I said as I let her go. “Let’s go ask them. We should stop anyway. I don’t want to tire you out.”

She nodded and we got up, walking out of the room.

“It’s Nick’s birthday tomorrow,” I said when we left my room.

Her eyes widened and she stopped walking. “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?!”

“I forgot,” I shrugged. “Sorry.”

“Shit,” she muttered. “We have to do something. Like a small party or something like that. I can’t really go buy him anything right now.”

“We could do that,” I smiled. “Tonight, maybe?”

“Yeah,” she nodded. “We should surprise him.”

“Good idea,” I said and took her hand in mine. “Come on, let’s go downstairs and talk to the guys.”

We walked downstairs and saw Cassie and Jacob sitting in the living room.

“Did you feel something a few minutes ago?” Aria asked them as soon as we reached downstairs.

“What?” Cassie asked, turning to look at her.

“Warm feeling,” I said. “Love.”

Jacob and Cassie shook their heads, and a huge smile spread across Aria’s face. She jumped into my arms and hugged me tightly. I wrapped her legs around my waist so she wouldn’t fall and hugged her close to me.

“I did it!” she squealed happily.

“I knew you could do it,” I said as I turned my head to kiss her temple.

“You managed to project to one person only?” Jacob asked excitedly.

Aria let go of my neck to look at Jacob, but she didn’t jump out of my arms.

“Yes,” she said. “It took me a long time, but I did it.”

“You will be able to do it faster, now that you know how,” I said.

She looked at me and smiled.

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